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Not me, honest It feels funny really, we were once part of that 'cabal', but now we're so much on the outside looking in, it hits me every now and then, how isolated we are.

Said it once, but I’ll say it again; you are a complete, but also a quite amazing NUTTER AS! Absolutely incredible jaw-dropping work, which no sane person would even think about attempting; quite brilliant - I applaud you! 👏🏻

I wanna be in the gang 😞

At this point probably, but I’m well underway now! the only thing I wish I started with was a sportline 280 estate with a sunroof - as retrofitting the pano roof and 4wd system is a pain in the ass (but not impossible)

So this thread is going to be a bit of a hybrid! As well as outlining the projects I am doing on my car, Ill supply as much detail along the way for new projects to hopefully allow others to do the same and also to answer any questions you may have. Lets start with the car itself; Car Skoda Superb MK3 TSI Sportline Estate in Laser White Engine Standard 2.0 TSI EA888 with 220bhp Racingline air intake Racingline turbo intake pipe Racingline turbo intake elbow Transmission Standard 6 speed DSG DQ250 Suspension Currently standard original Brakes Audi S3 Front Calipers with plain fascia plates Superb 280 Rear Calipers with vented discs Drilled and grooved black discs OE brake pads Braided stainless brake lines Wheels & Tyres Standard Vega 19 inch alloy wheels with 235/40R19 Bridgestone T005 Spare wheel - Full size, same as above Exterior Standard sportline black pack Maxton side skirts Rear mudflaps Maxton splitter Maxton fog surrounds Interior Rear seat release from boot area LED boot lights White LED boot torch Electric tailgate Heated front seats Heated rear seats Heated steering wheel Ambient LED footwell lights LED front door puddle lights LED rear door puddle lights Electric/Memory front seats ICE & Security Canton sound system Rear door keyless entry Tailgate easy open/close 12 parking sensors MIB2.5 Columbus radio Virtual cockpit 3 zone climate control Heated windscreen Heated washer jets Front and rear dash cam ADAS Adaptive cruise control Predictive cruise control Adaptive lane assist High beam assistance SLA headlights Side assist Cross traffic assist Self park Rear view camera with lens washer As you can see, for a Sportline that started off with only the following optional extras: Electric tailgate, MIB2.5. Its came quite a long way and heres a few photos to show the work done so far, if anyone wants further details on any of the current retrofits, let me know, the future ones will be documented as I go. Lane Assist 3Q0980654 camera fitted as well as a new windscreen - all features enabled and fusion canbus ran to the front radar. Heated windscreen Canton soundsystem An absolutly massive retrofit requiring around 150 meters of new wiring, all corners of the car, a lot of new speakers and a lot of custom made wiring 0 Side assist/Cross traffic detection Another expensive retrofit requiring new wing mirror glass at £400 each side, new radars and brackets behind the rear bumper and all associated coding and wiring Release rear seats from luggage area & Heated rear seat elements 3 Zone climate control Another massive retrofit - stripping the entire dashboard from the car to replace the complete heater assembly to allow the 3rd climate zone, this also gave me a good chance to neaten everything up behind the dashboard and also flush the heater core. pACC/Predictive cruise control Required replacing the front radar and also a calibration of it - done perfectly with any solid smooth object and a few tape measures and patience. Facelift tailights Fitting these allowed for dynamic indicators and unlocking animation - these arent a straight fit and require custom wiring adapters and new wires running to the BCM Virtual Cockpit Quite a specialist retrofit this one, needs access to the main dealer tool for component protection and immobiliser recoding - but so worth it! Carbon clean @ 50k miles Not much a retrofit but after 50k of constant motorway miles i thought it would be a good time to give it a walnut blast. Cost around £40 in parts and my already owned air compressor and garage vacuum LED boot lights and engine styling Nothing too special, just a custom made LED torch, LED lights that dont fault and Racingline air intake and associated parts

Huh? Im a bit confused, the fuel gauge will go up and down as you use it and fill it up? what do you mean false readings? what is it you want from this? Help fixing something? Let people know? People come to the forum to discuss and also get help, to do either of these things you’ll need to give us more than 1 sentence please.

Thanks. I took it to my local independent VAG/Skoda specialist and they reset it while I waited, and didn't charge me anything! Volks Autos | Complete Garage Services for Audi, Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda and BMW

The EU's stance is one of what it considers fair competition. So it has Anti-Dumping powers if goods are people sold cheaper to the EU than in that country's own market, it presumes the goods are being "dumped" to destroy the EU's manufacturing so one destroyed that exporter can move in and supply with a profitable export to the EU after a period of destroying the EU's manufacturing base. This is Anti Dumping Duty ie tariffs. There is also Countervailing Duties that can be used to recover perceived losses in other areas, we have used this more against the USA than even China. There is also Safeguarding measures, or quota measures, can be quickly put in place to stop apparent quickly developing situations that threaten EU home supply interests. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An anti-dumping duty can be imposed if goods have been brought in at a dumped price, i.e. they have been sold for export at a price that is lower than the cost of production or the domestic prices. Anti-dumping duties are often imposed on particular companies. A countervailing duty can be imposed if a country has subsidised its exports. A product may be subject to both an anti-dumping duty and a countervailing duty. A safeguard duty or a quota can be imposed if unexpectedly increasing imports pose a threat to EU industries. Safeguard measures can be imposed quickly, and their validity is shorter than that of anti-dumping and countervailing measures. The safeguard measures concern all non-EU countries, i.e. third countries. The imposition anti-dumping and countervailing measures is always preceded by an investigation. The investigation takes up to 14 months (anti-dumping duty) or 13 months (countervailing duty). Definitive measures, an anti-dumping duty or a countervailing duty, can be imposed after the investigation. They are to lapse after five years. Provisional measures. The Commission can impose provisional measures during an investigation, no earlier than 60 days from initiation and no later than 7 to 8 months thereafter. A provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed for a period of up to of six months. A provisional countervailing duty is imposed for a period of up to of four months. A guarantee must be lodged them. The guarantee is collected as definitive, if a definitive anti-dumping or countervailing duty is imposed.

Let's just say for a minute the EU is protectionist, who's interests do you think they are protecting? I thought this had been done to death in previous topics but apparently not <sigh> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/08/14/the-eu-isnt-protectionist-its-one-of-the-most-open-economies-in-the-world/

You mean the EU are trying to be protectionist?

I see that two of the 11 partners are BMW and Audi, who probably know a lot about the batteries they use and probably don't need a passport at all. Makes me think they are trying to put a differentiator into worldwide Battery production and possibly have more say when none EU EVs are imported.

I was thinking that I may buy a (for sake of argument) Chinese car and it may have some sort of specification deviation from the norm, so if the EU are keeping tabs on cars build and quality of components, they may also have a minimum spec for those car's batteries and I could fall foul of their regs if I took a car abroad. Perhaps I'm jumping a couple of stages ahead of the Passport's intent, but I'm suspicious of things like this, as I can see it as a way for import duties etc, to go up on cars (probably from China) into the EU. The next step would be a surcharge to take your vehicle into the EU if it didn't meet EU regs. We might adopt a very subtly different spec on UK cars and then fall foul of EU requirements? I agree, I should have stated all that paranoia in the previous post.

Morris Minor convertible - Ah driving with wind in my hair (had some then) King of the road!! Triumph Herald convertible - I was so cool man ...😎

Electric car charging ? No. In cold climates ICE (not a pun) get plugged in to block heaters to keep the glycol in the "cooling", yes cooling systems warm enough not to bust the "cooling" system. Diesel fuel itself starts to get sludgy around minus 12C. Glyloc needs to be very close to the range of being 60% strength with the water being the other 40% to give protection down to minus 45/50 C I gather so you need to get your hydrometer to get that just right. And media trying to paint the picture EVs have issues with vey cold temperatures . "ICE" car plugged in to a block heater to stop the glycol bursting the engine.

^^^ I think on a Skoda forum especially this forum we know what you get in some countries and what people ask on this forum regularly about can i fit this'. @Graham ButcherWhat 'All Weather Tyres did your Superb Come from the Factory with, are these 3PMSF / 3 Peak / Snow Flake tyres? They all come on All Season / All Year / All Wether tyres, Just that these tyres for 12 months of the year that most come with are not Winter Certified. As to OEM tyres, the forum is full of those wanting to change them because yes they are suitable for importing cars into the UK on right up till some people do not feel they are safe enough for them to be getting about on. PS. EDIT i see now that @Graham Butchercovered this. @wyx087 There are pre-heaters for ICE engines that Pre-Heat the coolant & oil, because starting the Engine from cold to Pre-Heat it is not Pre-heating is it ?, it is maybe getting the engine ready for you to drive off or heating the interior.

Pretty much yes, as long as the actual coolant temperature stays in the range of 60C to 110C.

Before I left work today I raised the seat as high as it would go and pushed it forward so I could see where it should be connected. Plugged it in and the heating element in the seat back started working 👍🏻

I have a leaking radiator on my 1.6 tdi which is like to replace myself. Does anyone know of any manuals or information about doing this job? I've tried searching but not found anything. Thanks!

Unfortunately not, the 1.6 tdi is completely different to that TSI in the video.

Its becoming more and more a frequent occurrence, perhaps that is how how people communicate on Fessbook groups.

That's good news. I have never used the sat nav so mine may be I'm German too! Nice to get the radio back and your media.

Had mine since new in 2015 and appears to have had all the usual faults if you have a search round all documented on here. Most expensive would have been 2 new tailgate struts followed by new water pump. DSG has been faultless 2015 has 6 speed.

I have a 2020 Superb iV SEL with just under 40k in the clock. I bought it because a lot of my journeys are short and I also really like the smoothness and low noise of the electric drive. I had a fully electric car previously but couldn't afford to go fully electric again on a car the size of the Superb so it was a compromise for me. It's worked out well and really don't regret it. I probably get about 20+ miles from the battery. For piece of mind I took out the Skoda All In plan at £29 a month which covers extended warranty, service, MOT and breakdown cover. I've been toying with selling for sometime now to go fully electric again but finding it very hard to find something comparable to the Superb that is affordable!

I had a similar issue after installing a new battery in my main keyfob. The mechanical key wouldn't stay inside. Very frustrating... It wasn't until I opened my spare keyfob and looked for a difference in position, did I notice that the little spring wasn't sitting correctly inside. With the cover off, you just have to ensure the spring is sitting flat on the plastic guides inside and allows the key to ride in and out without drag. I.e. not twisted. Hope this helps.

Well, Marky... for my last car (Citroen C3 Picasso), I used a nice little back-street garage in Seaham. Can't wait to get back there; he's a proper old-school mechanic and can seemingly do anything.

Found another picture for better perspective.

There are a few ridges on the inside of the guard where the guard meets the bumper. I guess to maintain some distance betwwen the guard and the bumper. Some of the caused a mark in the pains. I think some of them actually wnt through the pains since you can see black plastic of the bumper. this year I shaved off all the ridges and applied a thin self adhesive foam from the top to the bottom of the guard. Will see in spring the outcome.

No idea if this has been mentioned amongst all the bickering, but one thing to be aware of if you do change the oil, is that the car needs to be nice and level, both side-to side and especially front to back. If the nose only is lifted, the oil level will be wrong when refilling to overflow.

The battery passport things sounds like a 'jobs for the boys' project that no-one will really care about other than some legislator that came up with the idea... And the data within it sounds like it'll be very spurious anyway.

Assuming your gearbox is the same type as the posters in the thread you linked to, then yes that would be one way easy to do it. When I changed the gear oil on my wife's 2015 Mk3 Fabia at 5.5 years, 38k-miles, I checked that I could easily remove and put back the fill/level plug easily with the tools I had before removing the drain plug, on removing the fill/level plug quite a lot of oil came out of the filler hole, the car was level. I didn't measure how much came out from there but easily an overfill, whether this is from the car build or later I have no idea of course. I filled to level and as you checked again after a drive. I thought the gear changes felt a very little better, but as others would say I was I also considered I might be fooling myself (placebo) as I didn't drive the car much then (not much more now) as it's my wife's car but unprompted my wife said she thought the gear changes felt a bit better. Of course she might be experiencing placebo but it certain wouldn't have been to stoke my ego, we've been together since the 1970s.

We had an Allegro and its predecessors the Austin 1100 and 1300s - they rusted faster than we could repair them but they never let us down and were great in the snow / bad weather. I know they had a bad reputation but our experience was somewhat different.

The boot lock microswitch is not recognising the boot being opened and it is timing out. Or does it lock all the doors at precisely the time that you close the boot? Does it do the same when you get into the drivers seat and close the door?

Avon ZV7 are not All Season tyres that have relevant 3PMSF / 3 Peak / Snow Flake certification - they are simply a high performance Summer Tyre that can be used year round should you so desire Avon ZV7 - Avon Tyres Avon's true All Season tyre is the AS7 AVON AS7 ALL SEASON (avontyres.com)

The on-line version has more detail, my hard copy that came with the car is 267 pages, the pdf is 333.

Hi JF, I did eventually find part of my rattle. Mine was the same as yours, I could swear it was coming from the top of the dash,, I eventually traced it to the heating pipes on the right hand side behind the lower console long panel. This has cured maybe 80% of it, I do still have a rattle around the 2000 rpm mark which my mechanic is convinced is an engine mount. I'll definitely whip those bits off and have a look. At the very least it will discount them.

test failed - Škoda's Amundsen didn't recognise update with changed '-EU-VW-' to '-EU-SE-' in the multi.mnf and main.mnf

Sorry to "welcome you to the club"... Mine stuck at ~62000km. But I agree, it's too early. I had imagined I would not need to replace it before cambelt replacement (@ 210000 km, upon VAG recommendations on TDI190 engines). I would probably not have waited to reach 210000km, but something like 150000 would have sound more reasonable and realistic... Note: I had been granted a 90% support from Skoda France on water pump replacement (though the car warranty was over), but cambelt replacement was 100% charged to me (only spare parts, since labor was already included in water pump replacement). Just a tip for you, if it can help...

thanks for the write-up and sharing the amazing mission impossible work u've done to ur Superb!!! the Area-360 has my attention, but the complexity of all is not something i'm keen on tackling myself, so i'll just leave that on my "ur dreaming" list. i have however keen on how u go with the additional USB ports retrofit. i've researched on this a few years back, and i think i have a good understanding - i just haven't prioritised this retrofit as its not critical. if u do get around to doing it, i'd like to know the details, so i can then pull my finger out and actually do it. good luck with the rest of the stuff.

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To further substantiate what I was saying about the Superb being available in some markets with the pre-heating and de-icing similar to that of some EV's of the car without the engine running and also as it turns out with the added bonus of warming the engine to at least 50oC to aid cold starting as well as warming the interior up, page 125 to 127 of the Superb manual cover this topic and it can be downloaded from here 😉

Right, enough is enough, now. Guys, sort it out and stop annoying each other. I'm sick of the reports. Keep on topic, and remain friendly. The only warning that I'm given out.

Have a look here. There's a couple of other vids on Youtube also.

I've just checked, but sadly no recalls have been issued on this model. I have submitted a detailed report to DVSA requesting a health and safety recall, so I shall await their response 🤔

The last car that I managed to fit in that garage was a 1986 VW Polo Coupe.... Granted it had no wheels and it was turned on its side!

I cannot recall seeing a more elaborate set of upgrades done by an owner! The sheer complexity of each operation is overwhelming let alone the labour that went into this… Hats down!

I think G13 is not sold anymore in VAG network. I believe G12 evo is the new standard. But I let those who really know confirm this.

You're right. But if you can have larger wheels as an option why can't you have smaller wheels as an option? Bearing in mind the state of our roads higher profile tyres much preferable to cope with potholes etc.

She’s here and I love it.

DPF regeneration.

A leaking head gasket could cause misfire, leaking between cylinders.